AmyFou
@amyfou.bsky.social
#UglyDog, dog lover, animal lover, horse enthusiast, Arizona dweller, linguist, tech nerd, human-phobe
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New podcast about @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social linguistics grad student Tyler Lee-Wynant and the work of the California Language Archive. Give it a listen! (You can turn the volume way down when my voice comes on.)
news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/b...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/b...
For 50 years, she recorded her Pomo language. Her voice is helping one student reclaim his culture. - Berkeley News
For Berkeley graduate student Tyler Lee-Wynant, linguistic materials in the California Language Archive featuring his great-great aunt have opened a portal to his family’s history and led him to teach...
news.berkeley.edu
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New podcast about @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social linguistics grad student Tyler Lee-Wynant and the work of the California Language Archive. Give it a listen! (You can turn the volume way down when my voice comes on.)
news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/b...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/b...
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any body see some good dogs in costumes visit for trick or treating
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
any body see some good dogs in costumes visit for trick or treating
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New article out this month on how doctors become fascists.
50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...
50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New article out this month on how doctors become fascists.
50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...
50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...
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A new book chronicles one Cherokee citizen’s odyssey of working to revitalizing the Cherokee language.
September 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A new book chronicles one Cherokee citizen’s odyssey of working to revitalizing the Cherokee language.
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Come be my colleague! UC Berkeley Linguistics has a tenure-track position in language revitalization.
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
Assistant Professor - Language Revitalization - Linguistics
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Come be my colleague! UC Berkeley Linguistics has a tenure-track position in language revitalization.
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
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Flame and I are sooo excited to share a first peek at The Day Leap Soared, featuring breathtaking gouache paintings by @oliviawhen.com!!
August 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Flame and I are sooo excited to share a first peek at The Day Leap Soared, featuring breathtaking gouache paintings by @oliviawhen.com!!
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I once again request that you please submit an abstract for the conference I'm planning. Pretty please?
August 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I once again request that you please submit an abstract for the conference I'm planning. Pretty please?
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June 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
June 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Also the cattiest dog ever.
June 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Also the cattiest dog ever.
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Whale vocalizations not only resemble human vowels, but also behave like ones!
We previously discovered that sperm whales have analogues to human vowels.
In a new preprint, we analyze linguistic behavior of whale vowels.
We previously discovered that sperm whales have analogues to human vowels.
In a new preprint, we analyze linguistic behavior of whale vowels.
June 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Whale vocalizations not only resemble human vowels, but also behave like ones!
We previously discovered that sperm whales have analogues to human vowels.
In a new preprint, we analyze linguistic behavior of whale vowels.
We previously discovered that sperm whales have analogues to human vowels.
In a new preprint, we analyze linguistic behavior of whale vowels.
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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Good news, chat. The NSF is temporarily pausing the implementation of the new 15% ICR rate proposal pending a court hearing. I mean, it's good news insofar as good news is possible in this domain. It's less bad news, anyway. #linguistics #highereducation www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
www.nsf.gov
May 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Good news, chat. The NSF is temporarily pausing the implementation of the new 15% ICR rate proposal pending a court hearing. I mean, it's good news insofar as good news is possible in this domain. It's less bad news, anyway. #linguistics #highereducation www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
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Go to the link to see some of the current backyard birds in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
#bird #birds #birdphotography 🪶
#bird #birds #birdphotography 🪶
Backyard Birdwatching in Southern Arizona: Cactus Wren and Friends
The cactus wren is the state bird of Arizona.
sierravistahomestead.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Go to the link to see some of the current backyard birds in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
#bird #birds #birdphotography 🪶
#bird #birds #birdphotography 🪶
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I love this research: "‘But for calves we were sweeter’. Traditional Finnish cattle calling as trans-species pidgin" by Anni Jääskeläinen, 2025 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘But for calves we were sweeter’. Traditional Finnish cattle calling as trans-species pidgin
Examining archived recorded cattle calls, this article describes the traditional Finnish ways of cattle calling and suggests that these calls were a t…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I love this research: "‘But for calves we were sweeter’. Traditional Finnish cattle calling as trans-species pidgin" by Anni Jääskeläinen, 2025 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I am saying this is a desert spiny #lizard
I spotted it on the trail at Agua Caliente Regional Park
Could be a different spiny
#reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography
I spotted it on the trail at Agua Caliente Regional Park
Could be a different spiny
#reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography
May 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am saying this is a desert spiny #lizard
I spotted it on the trail at Agua Caliente Regional Park
Could be a different spiny
#reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography
I spotted it on the trail at Agua Caliente Regional Park
Could be a different spiny
#reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography
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FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
Meeting the Moment Together
We are returning from the AERA Annual Meeting in Denver reinvigorated and with a deep appreciation for all that scholars and higher education leaders are holding in this moment. Rapid shifts in fed...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
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A little clip from a recent keynote I gave, featuring Refried 🎶
May 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A little clip from a recent keynote I gave, featuring Refried 🎶
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A clip of Refried’s song 🥹
"Would we ever make it? My handlers were wondering the same thing. And then they heard..." (Refried at 7:46)
youtu.be/JA7EInpvCYM?...
youtu.be/JA7EInpvCYM?...
What's it like to run a 100 mile dogsled race?
YouTube video by Blair Braverman
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May 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A clip of Refried’s song 🥹
@heidiharley.bsky.social LOOOK what arrived at our house today!
#Linguistics #Hiaki #Yaqui #history #Mexico #scholarship
#Linguistics #Hiaki #Yaqui #history #Mexico #scholarship
May 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
@heidiharley.bsky.social LOOOK what arrived at our house today!
#Linguistics #Hiaki #Yaqui #history #Mexico #scholarship
#Linguistics #Hiaki #Yaqui #history #Mexico #scholarship
Friends and colleagues - please enjoy this talk by Rolando Coto Solano about the goals and methods behind our 'Advancing Indigenous Language Technologies' initiative (ailt.arizona.edu)
#language #technology #languageRevitalization #languageDocumentation #NLP
www.youtube.com/live/owC7nO3...
#language #technology #languageRevitalization #languageDocumentation #NLP
www.youtube.com/live/owC7nO3...
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Friends and colleagues - please enjoy this talk by Rolando Coto Solano about the goals and methods behind our 'Advancing Indigenous Language Technologies' initiative (ailt.arizona.edu)
#language #technology #languageRevitalization #languageDocumentation #NLP
www.youtube.com/live/owC7nO3...
#language #technology #languageRevitalization #languageDocumentation #NLP
www.youtube.com/live/owC7nO3...
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Still one of the best transcripts I've ever seen, from Margaret Langdon's Animal Talk in Cocopa, we need more transcripts of cat's being given voice
April 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Still one of the best transcripts I've ever seen, from Margaret Langdon's Animal Talk in Cocopa, we need more transcripts of cat's being given voice
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Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...
#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky
#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky
ERICA to the Rescue!
ERIC, the research repository of the Department of Education, was defunded this week. The ERIC catalog lists over 2 million education-related publications. More than 500,000 of these publications are ...
www.datarescueproject.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...
#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky
#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky
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Jay is the lead author on a fascinating paper I was involved in, about how male mimicry by female hummingbirds provides the first example of a type of signaling system that we predicted from theoretical principles over a decade ago.
This is infuriating.
And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.
This is infuriating.
And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.
My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
April 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Jay is the lead author on a fascinating paper I was involved in, about how male mimicry by female hummingbirds provides the first example of a type of signaling system that we predicted from theoretical principles over a decade ago.
This is infuriating.
And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.
This is infuriating.
And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.